Example sentences of "[noun pl] have been [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can co-exist as alternative spellings during transition — indeed , a hundred or so words have been simplified this century when dictionaries have listed alternative spellings and the public has opted for the easier way of arranging the letters . |
| 2 | Schools have been given greater autonomy and greater exposure to market forces , both of which are significantly altering their information requirements . |
| 3 | Milkmen have been collecting tinned foods and medicine from their customers to help the needy in the Russian town of Kostroma , which is twinned with County Durham . |
| 4 | These anomalous crustal fragments have been given various names-suspect terrane , allochthonous terrane-but we will use the term displaced terrane ( Note that in this book the spelling ‘ terrane ’ is used to refer to structural units whereas ‘ terrain' is applied in a topographic sense . ) |
| 5 | Three backbenchers have been appointed junior whips : Mr Andrew Mackay , MP for Berkshire East , Mr Robert Hughes , MP for Harrow West and Mr James Arbuthnot , MP for Wanstead and Woodford . |
| 6 | The world 's top fashion designers have been creating spectacular outfits to help raise funds for the charity Oxfam in its fiftieth year . |
| 7 | Recently , car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market . |
| 8 | But already candidates have been holding informal sessions , enticing potential voters with great banquets of slaughtered sheep . |
| 9 | The Republic of Colombia won its independence from Spain in 1819 although its borders have been redrawn several times since . |
| 10 | One-colour borders have been enjoying renewed popularity recently , and Mr Fothergill 's Seeds has come up with the perfect quick answer to monochrome gardening . |
| 11 | Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field . |
| 12 | East Berliners have been offered free tickets for a football match today in West Berlin as well as to a number of concerts and the opera . |
| 13 | Books have been called many things in their time , but not ‘ lean and muscular ’ . |
| 14 | To talk up the prospects of change , some note that Japanese life insurers have been demanding bigger dividends lately . |
| 15 | ‘ The gangs have been going 23 years . |
| 16 | They say gangs of youngsters have been targeting elderly people in the town centre and stealing purses from them . |
| 17 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 18 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |
| 19 | Rats have been sighted several times in the Hundens Lane area and Darlington Council 's environmental health department say all rubbish should be kept securely bundled and no scraps of food should be left . |
| 20 | Employees and contractors have been given preferential treatment and get the total amount applied for . |
| 21 | MORE than 600 illegal nets have been confiscated this year from poachers who are stealing thousands of pounds worth of salmon from the River Foyle . |
| 22 | It is as much as US companies have been spending each year to advertise cigarettes … |
| 23 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 24 | Since then those lines have been undergoing separate evolution , giving rise to yet further , more recent branches . |
| 25 | Maintenance crews have been working 18-hour shifts to repair the damage . |
| 26 | Provisions relating to ancient monuments have been amended several times , the latest being 1983 when the National Heritage Act was passed . |
| 27 | Job prospects for aspiring pilots have been dealt another blow this autumn . |
| 28 | The rebels have been conducting intensive negotiations with him behind the scenes . |
| 29 | The effect of this is that while financial intermediaries have been given greater freedom to broaden the range of financial services they may offer , this relaxation has been compensated for by regulating each individual sector more thoroughly . |
| 30 | Social workers have been given new powers to use force to control troublesome youngsters in care . |